{"id":47573,"date":"2025-07-24T21:01:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T21:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=47573"},"modified":"2025-07-24T21:01:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T21:01:28","slug":"plestia-alaqad-the-eyes-of-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=47573","title":{"rendered":"Plestia Alaqad, \u201eThe Eyes of Gaza\u201c"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In early October 2023, Palestinian Plestia Alaqad was a recent graduate with dreams of becoming a successful journalist. By the end of November, her social media posts depicting daily life in Gaza, amid Israel&#8217;s deadly invasion and bombardment, would profoundly move millions of people. She would be internationally known as the &#8216;Eyes of Gaza&#8217;.<\/strong><br><br>Written as a series of diary extracts, <em>The Eyes of Gaza<\/em> relates the horrors of her experiences while showcasing the indomitable spirit of the men, women and children who share her communities. From the epicentre of turmoil, while bombs rain around her and devastation grips her people, she is witness to their emotions, their gentle acts of quiet, necessary heroism, and the moments of unexpected tenderness and vulnerability amid the chaos.<br><br>Through the raw honesty and vulnerability of a normal 21-year-old woman trying to make her way through a human tragedy, <em>The Eyes of Gaza<\/em> is a potent reminder of the horrors of violence and a powerful testament to the human spirit. It recounts a harrowing experience, but it is not a heart-breaking lamentation. Rather, it is a deeply intimate love letter to a girl&#8217;s home: demolished before her eyes, yes, but forever present in her heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">17 April 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imprint: Macmillan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">176 pages<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.panmacmillan.com\/authors\/plestia-alaqad\/the-eyes-of-gaza\/9781035070251\">https:\/\/www.panmacmillan.com\/authors\/plestia-alaqad\/the-eyes-of-gaza\/9781035070251<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knjige","category-novosti"],"acf":{"facebook_opis":""},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historiografija.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Eyes.webp?fit=270%2C433&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49750,"url":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=49750","url_meta":{"origin":47573,"position":0},"title":"Rashid I. 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